Caloosahatchee Jit Times

The song I chose is "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie. Two things I look at to consider something folklore is if the particular item or idea can be categorized as belonging to or being about a people/group of people/culture. The second I look at is whether or not it says something about, is in respect to the traditions of, or makes a statement with regard to particular values held by whatever aforementioned group it belongs to. Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land "  does just that. The lyrics support the idea American people have of America being for everyone of all walks of life. Then Guthrie also talks about particular regions and geographic landmarks of the country and saying that this is the land of himself and the listener, invoking a sense of pride in their country in those Americans who were listening. I personally hate this song because it sounds very much like a folk song. I've had to play it on guitar more times than I care to remembe...

1. I agree with this mostly. If we look at Lenin coming to power however, Lenin is an idealist. While one could argue he used his power in a corrupt manner, he was almost entirely devoted to his cause. where Stalin however is in fact the opposite. He tightened the grip of his regime with purges and laws (I know Lenin purged too but this is different as Stalin is Totalitarian) which I believe is the key here. Stalin was a totalitarian under the guise of communism. He used the government and his power to obtain more and hold onto power. The totalitarian dictators are the issue here and they are the ones that are obsessed with power, although it can be hard to not become power hungry when you taste power.

2. This is absolutely true. For example back when I was a kid I would always purposefully say some term I thought my parents wouldn't be familiar with so they would ask and I could tell them. and right after complaining about how whoever came up with these slang terms had too much time on their hands he would then say that a variant of this term existed when he grew up in the 60's and 70's. Another extremely common example is how every other generation alive right now would probably tell you the music my generation (Gen Z) listens to is terrible and that their day saw the best music ever created. however, if one could ask the generation before them what that generation thought about today's older generation, they would say the exact same thing, cursing these "classics" as "the devils music". This happens all the time in life and every generation believes that they are the best eventually whether or not they do now at my stage in life. 4. I agree wi...

1. A book that made a lasting impression on me was Mark Twain's Seminal regionalist novel  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , as Twain in his masterful writing sparked in me an internal discussion in which I challenged the way I thought about my own identity in relation to southern culture as a whole. This novel made me think about how the other regions of the country perceive us and what we can do to better our reputation as a backwards, backwoods, people. The south is a culturally rich place with a long and not necessarily pretty history, but a vast majority of us southerners are all trying to make a better future for ourselves, our state, our culture, and our nation. I've realized that through living by Webb's honor code and motto, and by striving to be a young person that is a tireless worker that knows how to work effectively etc... that I can help do my part to achieve Twain's vision of greatness and reputation for our region and culture. In short this book was a gr...